SAUDI ARABIA: THE DEATH OF A DESERT MONARCH

Even though it was the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet
Mohammed, and thus an Islamic holiday, King Faisal of Saudi
Arabia had a busy schedule. At 10 o'clock last Tuesday
morning, he had an audience with the Oil Minister of neighboring
Kuwait, Abdel Muttaleb al Kazimi, at the royal palace in Riyadh.
Outside the King's office, Kazimi was greeted by Prince Faisal ibn
Musaed, 26, a nephew of the King's and one of the 3,000-odd princes of
the House of Saud. While Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister, Sheik Ahmed Zaki
Yamani, briefed the King on the audience,...